title: Evaluation of some components of choice making.
abstract: Providing access to choice-making opportunities is a useful addition to behavioral interventions, although the critical features of choice making may differ greatly across individuals. In this study, results of an initial 3-choice concurrent-operants preference assessment with 4 subjects with autism spectrum disorder suggested that 2 subjects preferred the choice-making condition and participated in subsequent assessments to examine the potential influences of reinforcer variability and differential access to high-preference reinforcers on their preferences for choice making. Two other subjects did not prefer the choice-making condition and participated in subsequent assessments to explore conditions under which they might prefer choice-making opportunities. Results suggested that a wide range of variables influenced preference for choice-making conditions.
authors.affiliation: UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY.
authors.forename: Tyra P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Sellers
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Bloom
authors.forename: Andrew L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Samaha
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dayton
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: Alice A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Keyl-Austin
mesh_terms: D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057240:Patient Preference / Q000523:psychology
keywords: choice; concurrent operants; reinforcers